This Is Me You're Talking To
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| "This Is Me You're Talking To" | ||||
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| Single by Trisha Yearwood | ||||
| from the album Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love | ||||
| B-side | "Bad for Me" (Danielle Peck)[1] | |||
| Released | January 14, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:00 | |||
| Label | Big Machine | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tommy Lee James Karyn Rochelle | |||
| Producer(s) | Garth Fundis | |||
| Trisha Yearwood singles chronology | ||||
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"This Is Me You're Talking To" is a song written by Tommy Lee James and Karyn Rochelle, and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in January 2008 as the second single from her tenth studio album Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love.
The song is a ballad about two lovers who encounter one another after a breakup, and the series of emotions that the chance encounter generates. "You're smilin' that smile you get when you're nervous, like you don't quite know what to do / But this is me you're talking to," Yearwood sings in the first verse.[2]
Critical reception
The single received positive reviews from most critics. Allmusic called the song, "devastatingly beautiful" and called the emotion from Yearwood's voice, "downright real."[3] Billboard.com reviewed the song and called it "nothing but a modern classic."[2] Engine 145 reviewed "This Is Me You're Talking To" in 2008, giving the song high praise, calling it, "Trisha Yearwood’s best vocal performance on a single recording to date," and describing it as "absolutely breathtaking."[4]